On July 20, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled from the bench that candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor can combine their qualifying contributions, in order to reach the threshold of $250,000 in $5 donations for the purpose of qualifying for … Continue reading
Wisconsin elects its Governor and Lieutenant Governor as a team in November, but they run separately in the September primary. This year, no Libertarian submitted enough signatures to be on the Libertarian primary ballot for Governor, but a Libertarian did … Continue reading
Ballot Access News print issues from 1989 are now available on this web site. Use the link on the right side of the page to access past print issues. Thanks to Michael Ravnitzky and Eric Garris for this. The only … Continue reading
On July 20, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th circuit, upheld a South Carolina law that limits the usefulness of fusion. South Carolina permits fusion (the practice of letting two parties jointly nominate the same candidate). However, South Carolina law … Continue reading
The July 20 issue of the Richmond Times-Dispatch has this story about one of the two pending lawsuits against the Virginia residency requirement for petition circulators. The case described in the article is Lux v Rodrigues, 3:10-cv-482, filed July 13 … Continue reading
